If you are unfamiliar with it, the book goes into the story behind the postwar execution of George W. Summers and Isaac Newton Koontz… both formerly members of the Massanutten Rangers of Co. D, 7th Virginia Cavalry… Summers being the last captain/commander, and Koontz holding the rank of sergeant. The story is a blend of the uncertainty immediately following the war, along with local Southern Unionism… including that of Summers’ father. To top it off, Koontz was engaged when executed… to the woman who later become my third great grandmother.

I can’t believe it’s been almost six years since I published my last book… time to get back on the ball…

My grandmother (George Decatur Dovel’s granddaughter Mary) recently passed away. One of the things that has been passed to me is an original broadsheet called “A Fair, Candid, and Unbiassed Statement of the cause which led to the execution of my Son, Capt. Geo. W. Summers, and the circumstances connected therewith.” It’s in very good condition and, after reading it, a search led me to your site and this book to help me understand why it was significant to my family. I’m ordering the book to try to find the relationships! Thank you for your research. I’ve been doing the ancestry research in my family and this is an interesting part of family history that I’m only beginning to understand.